Boys State Golf Championships reach conclusion

May296:55 pm

The Boys State Golf Championships wrapped up today at various sites. In Class ‘A’, at Holmes Golf Course in Lincoln, Omaha Creighton Prep is the team champion shooting a two-day total of 562. They won by 32 strokes. Norfolk carded a 313 on Thursday to finish eighth with a 624 total. Omaha Creighton Prep’s Benjamin Maschka was the medalist with a two-day total of 136. He won by a single stroke. Norfolk’s Alex Strom tied for seventh with a 144 after shooting a 76 on Thursday. Teammate Ross Gerber carded a 155, Devan Maas shot 160, Preston Marsh put up a 165, and Ryan Wittler shot a 174. In the Class ‘B’ competition at Indianhead Golf Course in Grand Island, McCook beat Beatrice in a one-hole playoff. Both shot a 609. Samuel Morse of Columbus Lakeview was the medalist with a 140. He won by three strokes. O’Neil’s Nathan Gotschall tied for sixth place with a 149 and Wayne’s Kaje Maly tied for 15th place with a 154. In Class ‘C’ at Mahoney Golf Course in Lincoln, Hastings St. Cecilia won the team title with a 622. They won by 18 strokes. Hartington Cedar Catholic finished fourth with a 643. Gibbon’s Rylee Reinertson was the medalist shooting a 136. Sam Meuret of Plainview took second with a 137. Hartington Cedar Catholic’s Dalton Lammers got seventh place with a 150, Plainview’s Colin Wright tied for eighth with a 151, West Point Guardian Angels’ Cody Steuter tied for eleventh place carding a 153, and Stanton’s Brook Klinetobe tied for 15th with a 154. In the Class ‘D’ competition at Kearney Country Club, Thayer Central was the team champion with a 666. They won by 13 strokes. Bancroft/Rosalie took third with a 680, Fullerton was fourth shooting a 702, and Hartington High placed fifth with a 706. Humphrey St. Francis’ Trevor Kosch was the medalist with a 150 winning in a one-hole playoff. Teammate Michael Brockhaus placed third with a 156, Bancroft/Rosalie’s Auston Darnell took fourth carding a 157, teammate Preston Peters shot 160 to place seventh, and West Holt’s Alex Fritz tied for eleventh place shooting a 166. 71 golfers from the Northeast Nebraska area are in competition.